American Revolution Paintings - Second Series

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	The Declaration of Independence, 1818 by John Trumbull (1756—1843) Oil on canvas; 12' x 18' (144 in × 216 in). U.S. Capitol Rotunda, Washington, DC. The first of four paintings… » view »
	The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, 1820 by John Trumbull (1756—1843) Oil on canvas; 12' x 18' (144 in × 216 in). U.S. Capitol Rotunda, Washington, DC. Cornwallis surrendered on 19… » view »
	The Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, 1821 by John Trumbull (1756—1843) Oil on canvas; 12' x 18' (144 in × 216 in). U.S. Capitol Rotunda, Washington, DC. » view »
	The Resignation of General Washington, 1824 by John Trumbull (1756—1843) Oil on canvas; 12' x 18' (144 in × 216 in). U.S. Capitol Rotunda, Washington, DC. Commemorates the moment when… » view »

No man ever loved Massachusetts with greater intensity than did [Massachusetts Royal Governor] Thomas Hutchinson. He had written her history, fought for her boundaries, re-established her currency, seen to it that her courts and judicial system were kept to a high standard. He had honestly believed in the centralization of power, and that the centre should be in London. The side which won did not, and yet their grandchildren (two of Paul Revere’s among them) were to be dying within a century for the centralization of power in the Federal Government. Hutchinson lost everything by backing the wrong system at the wrong time.... Yet if the other side had won, Thomas Hutchinson would undoubtedly be regarded as one of our great patriots.

— Esther Forbes

Paul Revere & The World He Lived In (1942)